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Table 2 Percentage change in model performance among ten modelling techniques used to predict A. lumbricoides distribution in Zimbabwe

From: Inclusion of edaphic predictors for enhancement of models to determine distribution of soil-transmitted helminths: the case of Zimbabwe

Model

TSS (2)a

TSS (1)a

% change

ROC (2)a

ROC (1)a

% change

ANN

0.10

0.24

140

0.55

0.58

5

CTA

0.20

0.38

90

0.56

0.72

29

FDA

0.34

0.46

35

0.69

0.78

13

GAM

0.23

0.37

12

0.57

0.67

18

GBM

0.45

0.60

33

0.75

0.76

1

GLM

0.45

0.54

20

0.73

0.74

1

MARS

0.32

0.48

50

0.66

0.74

12

MAXENT

0.32

0.42

31

0.67

0.71

6

RF

0.33

0.42

27

0.68

0.74

9

SRE

0.20

0.52

160

0.49

0.75

53

  1. aEvaluation scores for models with environmental variables only are denoted TSS (2) and ROC (2) and those derived from a set of environmental variables plus edaphic variables are denoted TSS (1) and ROC (1)